# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-cocks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:08:10.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-cocks"
name: "Richard Cocks"
slug: "richard-cocks"
description: "Richard Cocks (1565–1624) was the head of the British East India Company trading post in Hirado, Japan, between 1613 and 1623, from its creation until its bankruptcy and closure."
tagline: "Head of the British East India Company trading post in Hirado, Japan and diarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P1030104_Richard_Cocks.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1566"
deathDate: "1624"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.4
  momentum:             0.5862068965517241
  historical:           7.422104
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%90%86%E6%9F%A5%C2%B7%E8%80%83%E5%85%8B%E6%96%AF"
    title: "理查·考克斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%C3%A7ard_Koks"
    title: "Riçard Koks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cocks"
    title: "Richard Cocks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cocks"
    title: "Richard Cocks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B2"
    title: "ریچارد کوکز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cocks"
    title: "Richard Cocks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cocks"
    title: "Richard Cocks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9"
    title: "リチャード・コックス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713101"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump